Reporting and monitoring of performance of distributed energy resources

Abstract

Technologies are provided for reporting, monitoring, analyzing performance of distributed energy resources (DERs). The monitoring and analysis of a DER can be performed in real-time or essentially real-time. The monitoring also can include health monitoring of a DER. The reporting of performance of a DER is configurable. The monitoring and analysis of performance of the DER also is configurable. Attributes that control the reporting, monitoring, and analysis can be interactively configured via user interfaces having one multiple control elements. Performance of a DER can be reported, monitored, and analyzed irrespective of manufacturer of the DER.

1 . A method comprising:
 receiving, by a computing device, operational data of a plurality of distributed energy resources (DERs);   generating, based on execution of a program at the computing device, a user interface (UI) configured to display a layout according to a plurality of areas comprising:
 a first area of the plurality of areas comprising a plurality of control elements for configuring one or more attributes associated with monitoring the operational data associated with a DER selected from the plurality of DERs, and 
 a second area of the plurality of areas comprising a video feed of the DER and location information of the DER overlaid onto the video feed; 
   receiving user input selecting one or more control elements of the plurality of control elements defining one or more source points of the DER;   configuring, via the program, based on the user input selecting the one or more control elements, at least one attribute of the one or more attributes associated with the one or more source points;   generating, via the program, based on user input selecting a control element of the plurality of control elements to direct a generation of a report file, a report file comprising the operational data associated with the one or more source points; and   causing, via the program, based on the operational data associated with the DER, corrective maintenance of the DER.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the UI comprises a visual element indicative of an operating status of the DER. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of areas further comprise a third area of the plurality of areas comprising a graph of a temporal dependence of a portion of the operational data, wherein the portion of the operational data comprises values associated with a metric that quantifies an operating state of the DER, wherein the method further comprises updating, based on one or more changes to the portion of the operational data, the graph of the temporal dependence of the portion of the operational data. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the UI comprises a second control element, wherein the method further comprises:
 updating, based on an interrupt signal indicative of a selection of second one or more control elements of the plurality of control elements, the graph of the temporal dependence of the portion of the operational data.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the DER comprises a battery, and wherein the operating state comprises a state of charge of the battery. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more source points comprise one or more components of the DER. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein receiving the user input selecting the one or more control elements of the plurality of control elements defining the one or more source points of the DER comprises receiving the user input selecting the one or more control elements of the plurality of control elements defining the one or more source points of the DER corresponding to a reporting period. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the report file comprises the operational data associated with the one or more source points according to the reporting period. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising formatting the report file according to a format that is accessible by one or more of spreadsheet software or data processing software. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising causing, based on configuring the at least one attribute, the UI to display a visual representation of the DER. 
     
     
         11 . One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
 receive, by a computing device, operational data of a plurality of distributed energy resources (DERs);   generate, based on execution of a program at the computing device, a user interface (UI) configured to display a layout according to a plurality of areas comprising:
 a first area of the plurality of areas comprising a plurality of control elements for configuring one or more attributes associated with monitoring the operational data associated with a DER selected from the plurality of DERs, and 
 a second area of the plurality of areas comprising a video feed of the DER and location information of the DER overlaid onto the video feed; 
   receive user input selecting one or more control elements of the plurality of control elements defining one or more source points of the DER;   configure, via the program, based on the user input selecting the one or more control elements, at least one attribute of the one or more attributes associated with the one or more source points;   generate, via the program, based on user input selecting a control element of the plurality of control elements to direct a generation of a report file, a report file comprising the operational data associated with the one or more source points; and   cause, via the program, based on the operational data associated with the DER, corrective maintenance of the DER.   
     
     
         12 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of  claim 11 , wherein the UI comprises a visual element indicative of an operating status of the DER. 
     
     
         13 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of  claim 11 , wherein the plurality of areas further comprise a third area of the plurality of areas comprising a graph of a temporal dependence of a portion of the operational data, wherein the portion of the operational data comprises values associated with a metric that quantifies an operating state of the DER, wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the at least one processor to update, based on one or more changes to the portion of the operational data, the graph of the temporal dependence of the portion of the operational data. 
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of  claim 13 , wherein the UI comprises a second control element, wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the at least one processor to:
 update, based on an interrupt signal indicative of a selection of second one or more control elements of the plurality of control elements, the graph of the temporal dependence of the portion of the operational data.   
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of  claim 13 , wherein the DER comprises a battery, and wherein the operating state comprises a state of charge of the battery. 
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of  claim 11 , wherein the one or more source points comprise one or more components of the DER. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of  claim 11 , wherein the processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to receive the user input selecting the one or more control elements of the plurality of control elements defining the one or more source points of the DER, further cause the at least one processor to receive the user input selecting the one or more control elements of the plurality of control elements defining the one or more source points of the DER corresponding to a reporting period. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of  claim 17 , wherein the report file comprises the operational data associated with the one or more source points according to the reporting period. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of  claim 11 , wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the at least one processor to format the report file according to a format that is accessible by one or more of spreadsheet software or data processing software. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of  claim 11 , wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the at least one processor to cause, based on configuring the at least one attribute, the UI to display a visual representation of the DER.